UNEP Global Sustainability News
UNEP Global Sustainability News
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Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)New US$78 million initiative to restore land, improve livelihoods across Great Green Wall countries
A new $US 78 million programme aims to restore 270,000 hectares of degraded land and improve the livelihoods of five million people across nine countries of the Great Green Wall.
Read More →Air conditioning may cool the room, but it also heats the world – here are five more sustainable ways to bring down temperatures
Temperatures in cities are rising fast, and so are emissions from cooling – here are five ways to cool buildings more sustainably, reducing the need for air conditioning.
Read More →Could electric vehicles help this African capital clean its air and fight climate change?
When it comes to the rise of electric motorcycles, Kenya is one of the world leaders – but the country’s electric mobility revolution faces both tremendous opportunities and unique challenges.
Read More →Changing how the world manages chemicals takes a collective effort
30 September marks three years since the adoption of the Global Framework on Chemicals, which aims to protect people and planet from potentially harmful chemicals.
Read More →Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
Read More →After 200 years, a birth of the world’s last truly wild horse on Kazakhstan’s steppe
An effort to save the Przewalski’s horse, one of the world’s rarest equines, reaches a milestone with the birth of foal.
Read More →Fire and water: Lessons from running up Mount Kenya
Recent wildfires on Mount Kenya highlight the need to strengthen ecosystem resilience, protect peatlands and prepare for growing climate risks.
Read More →Cool Leaders, a roadmap and nature for cooling: Global Cooling Pledge acts on heat
As extreme heat becomes one of the deadliest and fastest-growing climate risks worldwide, governments, cities, industry leaders and philanthropic foundations today announced a package of new measures to accelerate action…
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